[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a linux box with a IBM Deskstar 75XP (one of the faster IDE HD's) on
> ATA66 bus together with a Seagate X15 U160 SCSI HD on a Tekram SCSI Controller.
Tom's hardware claims the new IBM Deskstar is the fastest IDE disk
available (I have two of them, 30GB x 2). They run at 7200 rpm, are
ATA100, and have glass disks, with some special heads.
If you were able to run them at ATA100 (not your present 66) with the
new special circular cross-section ATA100 cables, you might find in
practice that they virtually achieve SCSI speeds, with the difference
easily compensated for by the much lower cost and no need for a SCSI
controller (which to get speed becomes very expensive).
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Regards,
Ron. [AU]
